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Walthamstow 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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In 1901 the population was thus distributed, as given by the Registrar
General:—

TABLE I.

Wards.Houses.Population.
Inhabited.Uninhabited.BuildingMale.Female.Total.
In occupation.Not in occupation.
St. James Street3,748411481011,39111,37322,764
High Street3,0863896409,8119,68719,498
Hoe Street3,80834242599,97511,12421,099
Wood Street2,54029147627,3817,82715,208
Northern2,901104662548,2748,27816,552
Totals16,0831521,099 42546,83248,289 95,121

During the year under review, 1902, plans for houses to the following
extent were passed, necessitating the laying out of 22 new streets :—
St. James St. High St. Hoe St. Wood St. Northern Ward Total.
66 38 252 124 706 1,186
Assuming that half of these houses were completed at the mid-year,
we form the following Table II. :—

TABLE II.

Ward.Houses fit for Occupation.Uninhabited (Census 1901.)Occupied Mid-Year.Average Number per house.Population.
James Street3,9801 in 213,7906022,740
High Street3,2791 in 243,1426319,794
Hoe Street4,2691 in 153.9855'521,917
Wood Street2,8401 in 152,6526.015,912
Northern3,9841 in 73,6525.720.816
assumed
1 in 12
18,3521 in 17'417,2215.9101,179

The number of houses occupied is arrived at by assuming the same
proportion is empty in the various wards, as at the Census of 1901,
excepting the Northern Ward, which I assume to have 1 empty in 12 ;
whereas at the Census, 1 in 7 was empty.